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US 3,954,060 AGranted
Projectile
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsCharles W. Haag, John Metz, Jr., John J. Voda
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Abstract
A projectile having a first plurality of flechettes arranged to be disper during the flight of the projectile by an explosive removal of a surrounding portion of the projectile casing and a second plurality of flechettes adapted to be subsequently dispersed by a movement thereof forwardly through a rear portion of the casing of the projectile and subsequent lateral displacement therefrom.
Claims20
Projectile means comprising:
- a casing having a nose, a front portion defining a front bay, and a rear portion defining a rear bay;
- a first plurality of flechettes in said front bay;
- a second plurality of flechettes in said rear bay;
- means for separating said front portion from the projectile in flight to expose said front bay and free said first plurality of flechettes for flight independently of said casing;
- and
- means for ejecting said second plurality of flechettes forwardly and outwardly from said second bay for flight independently of said casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.